Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	pray_v	tongue_n	unknown_a	2,458	5	9.8592	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28203	The assembly-man written by John Birkenhead, in the year 1647.	Birkenhead, John, Sir, 1616-1679.	1682 (1682)	Wing B2963; ESTC R35660	9,019	11

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